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@@ -1,77 +1,16 @@ -DistroKit ---------- +README +------ -This is the main repository for DistroKit, an Embedded Linux Board -Support Package (BSP) for the PTXdist [1] Build System. +The documentation is now available in the doc/ directory, with the +starting point at -The main task for PTXdist is to build a root filesystem and a flash -image for the embedded system. PTXdist has a concept of separating the -software configuration from the hardware platforms, so the first -decision to be made is to select for which hardware DistroKit shall be -built. + doc/intro.rst +It can be built into HTML documentation with -Installing PTXdist ------------------- + $ ptxdist docs-html -DistroKit is built with ptxdist. In order to install ptxdist, download -the tarball from [2]: +Then point your browser to -$ wget \ - http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/download/ptxdist-2016.01.0.tar.bz2 - -Extract the tarball: - -$ tar xf ptxdist-2016.01.0 && cd ptxdist-2016.01.0 - -Go to the extracted directory and run - -$ ./configure && make && sudo make install - - -Selecting the Platform ----------------------- - -For the different hardware platforms, see the instructions about - -- how to install the toolchain -- how to select the right platform -- how to build the rootfs - -in README.<platform>. - -In order to build a BSP, you need a toolchain. The easiest way to get a -toolchain is to install the debian packages for OSELAS.Toolchain: - - http://www.pengutronix.de/oselas/toolchain/ - -If you want to build the toolchain yourself, you can download the -toolchain sources from - - http://www.pengutronix.de/oselas/toolchain/download/ - -and build them manually. - - -Building DistroKit ------------------- - -Now everything is prepared to build the BSP: - -$ ptxdist images - -PTXdist determines the number of CPUs on your computer and runs the -compiler with <twice the number of CPUs> instances in parallel. -Nevertheless, building a root filesystem from the sources needs some -time. - - -References ----------- - -[1] PTXdist - http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/ - -[2] PTXdist Download Area - http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/download/ + Documentation/html/index.html |